"Un homme qui crie / A Screaming Man" film screening at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 5:30pm & 7:30pm on 25th May 2012

Time : 5.30 pm & 7.30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003

Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre

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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Details : 'Un homme qui crie / A Screaming Man' film screening.

What a terrible sacrifice can you do to keep your job? How far can you go to preserve the fragile balance of your life? The fourth film by Chadian Mahamat-Saleh Haroun asks these two major questions through a story of a luminous simplicity. The old lifeguard from a luxury hotel in N’Djamena, a former swimming champion for whom the pool has been all his life, is relegated to minor jobs. His son, more dynamic, has supplanted him. But a civil war is raging, a war between rival factions, without a right or a wrong camp, like a monster never satisfied, demanding its human toll. The subject of this fable borrowed from Neorealism: indeed it deals with the matter of conscience of an oppressed man pushed to the limited, just like in silent films. The decommissioning of the hero also recalls The Last Laugh, one of the masterpieces of the German filmmaker Murnau. The strength of the film resides in the permanent alternation between everyday situations and mythological references. This dual space has to be inhabited by powerful actors: Youssof Djaoro has a quiet strength, almost like the characters of John Ford. His pain is chilling us, and even more the verses by Aimé Césaire at the end of the film, explaining its title: “Beware of crossing your arms in the sterile pose of a spectator, for life is not a show on stage (…), for a screaming human being is not a dancing bear…”
In the 2010 Cannes Festival, the jurors have read these lines, have uncrossed their arms and A
Screaming Man has won the Jury Prize.

Theme for the Month : Ciné Club : Festival de Cannes
The 65th Festival de Cannes will open on May 16th. This is the occasion to remember some of the brilliant works and artists that have been awarded by this institution of the cinematographic art, maybe the most internationally recognized. Indeed the Festival de Cannes is a very special moment, which crystallized all the tensions and expectations of the world of cinema. Known for its scandals and controversies, for its luxury and glamour, it is also the place where a film director can emerge or be definitely acclaimed by its profession. In any case, the Festival de Cannes is the most exciting period of the year to celebrate cinema in the world.
Our selection of films for the month of May will include some masterpieces of the French and
international cinema, past and contemporary, which have been awarded in Cannes.

Director : Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Year : 2010

Duration : 92 mins

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